Press Release: EU research drive to reduce air pollution from traffic

At a conference in Milan on 10 December 2003, the European Union signed an agreement with the USA, Japan and China to address air pollution from transport. The accord will allow for joint research on emissions and vehicle testing, and it foresees the creation of a common scientific platform to measure and benchmark air pollution from traffic. The joint effort will offer scientific support for the forthcoming international emission requirements for transport, and a basis for the next European standards for passenger cars and Light-Duty Vehicles (EURO V). At the conference, regulatory bodies, industrial stakeholders and scientists from all over the world discussed emission measurement and testing systems, emission standards, their effects on human health, and new fuels, engines and after-treatment technologies.

http://ies.jrc.cec.eu.int/Units/eh/events/EURO5/ http://ies.jrc.cec.eu.int/Units/eh/events/EURO5/

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